Mind Over Madness
Here in Manhattan, for the past 20+ years, The Times Square Alliance has sponsored yoga in Times Square on the summer solstice. They call it “Mind over Madness” — the …
Here in Manhattan, for the past 20+ years, The Times Square Alliance has sponsored yoga in Times Square on the summer solstice. They call it “Mind over Madness” — the …
Yoga is a multidimensional practice. It’s not just postures and movement (asana), and it’s not just breathing (pranayama). There is a path to enlightenment described in the Yoga Sutra-s of Patanjali (an …
I’m sure you’ve heard the statistics about hip fractures: a broken hip can change your life permanently. According to doctors at Johns Hopkins, “forty percent of hip fracture sufferers are …
Twisting There is much disagreement about whether twisting poses are beneficial for people with osteoporosis or osteopenia. However, the torqueing action created by twisting can strengthen muscles, which can help …
In my last post, I discussed balance techniques that can be helpful to prevent falls. Here is a short yoga balancing practice:
Several people in my chair yoga classes for seniors have been asking whether they can practice yoga if they have osteoporosis and how and whether yoga can be beneficial. The …
These are dark days, and I mean dark both figuratively and literally. We’ve all been bombarded with bad news over this past year, on an astonishing array of fronts, so …
My son is one of the forty million plus people in this country who have chronic sleep issues. No matter how tired he gets during the day, he finds himself …
If you’ve been Zooming as often as I have (Zooming – most likely one of the top ten candidates for word of the year, along with, assuming 2-word phrases are …